Sounds like it could be the clear plastic cluster "guard" acting up. Happened to my Trance X2 too. I thought my freehub had seized up and took it to the shop. They finally figured out the plastic thing had slipped down and was jamming the cluster against the spokes. So it only affected the bike when coasting but not pedalling. Fix was to remove plastic thingey All better now and bike is lighter toothe only thing i noticed now my back wheel is doing some pretty nasty noises, sounds like there is gravel in the bearings, but only when free spinning not while peddling...
hey mate, i'm still getting used to the bike, so i won't give a full review yet... in terms of the sag setting, it takes a little while to set, i went with the factory settings recommendation which is same ride's weight in pounds to PSI so if you weight 200lb pump 200 psi on the shock, that turned out to be a bit too soft for me, as i was bottoming out a little, so after playing around a bit, i found that my weight + 15psi is probably the right amount, but i'm still playing with it, i wouldn't mind a bit softer to be honest...So its been a while now... Any follow upreview? Have you dialed it in yet?
I've got an X2 coming my way shortly for the amazing price of $1600. Guy bought the bike and realised the size was incorrect.
Anyone have tips for setting sag on the bike? I'm sure the sellers weight and mine wont be the same.
Great to see your enjoying it so muchhey mate, i'm still getting used to the bike, so i won't give a full review yet... in terms of the sag setting, it takes a little while to set, i went with the factory settings recommendation which is same ride's weight in pounds to PSI so if you weight 200lb pump 200 psi on the shock, that turned out to be a bit too soft for me, as i was bottoming out a little, so after playing around a bit, i found that my weight + 15psi is probably the right amount, but i'm still playing with it, i wouldn't mind a bit softer to be honest...
The bike itself its pretty amazing, comparing to my old hardtail with mechanic disk breaks heheheh, i'm in love with the hydraulics 1 finger breaking... so good... the bike it's extremely light (2.3kg lither than my old one, believe it or not), i was worried about paddle bob, this is out of the window now... paddle bob its almost inexistent, i don't even have to switch pro-padle on, if you have good climbing technique seated you won't even feel a thing, standing up you feel more bob on the front suspension than on the rear... but still manageable... climbs like a monkey, in fact i'm able to keep up with my "speedy gonzales" friend on a Reign (something i could never do) I'm contemplating putting a shorter stem, from 100mm to 90mm, see if it makes a difference in the handling, but at the moment i'm pretty happy with it, so i might leave it for now..
Thats pretty much what i have to say about it for now... i'll give more updates as they come...
cheers
dan
yeah, i don't know just feels a bit slow on tight corners, so i tough a shorter stem might do the trick... but my friend reckons it's not the stem and it's more the wider bars compared to my old one, so he recommended me to wait a little bit longer and see if it get used to it before spending money on a new stem. normally longer stems means more stable, shorter more direct steering, but it will compromise a bit on climbing with a shorter stem, but you can always adjust your climbing position...Great to see your enjoying it so much
Do you think shortening the stem will give you a little more control? or would you just like a more relaxed riding position?
thanks for the tip, i'll have a look see if i can find anything... i wouldn't mind having it a tad softer without bottoming out... maybe i'm just too heavy for it 87KG + gearhey check out the mtbr forums sometime. I'm sure they have some information about shock mods you can do to decrease the mid travel action. Apparently people have been complaining about the rear shock blowing through its travel too quickly.... now I'm not sure if its for the RP23 or RP2 or both.
It may/may not help you with your problem though.
Thanks nickdos, but the though of pulling my shock apart is a bit scary for me... never done it before since that is my first full susp bike... still trying to get my head around it... have you done it? is it a hard thing to do? or maybe better to take it back to the bike shop and get them to do it...?Search for: fox rp2 shim mod
yeah, basically what i did was good gentle hose, and it did the trick, also centred the brakes... nice and smooth now...BTW Dan, did you sort out your noisy hub problem in the end?